Slide fastener



I May 17, 1932.

D. l. REITER 7 1,859,271

SLIDE FASTENER Filegi Nov. 17, 1931 INVENTOR Danie] I Rafter Patented May 17, 1932 DANIEL I. REITER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y..

SLIDE FASTENER Application filed November 17, 1931. Serial No. 575,677. I

This invention relates to slide fasteners or fastener slides, and particularly, to that type which is provided with transverse slots for the reception of a belt or strap, and whlch carries a snap fastener socket designed to separably engage a cooperating snap fastener stud, in order to hold the strap carrying the slide to another article carrying said cooperating element.

My invention contemplates the provislon of a simple and efficient one-piece socket fastener slide adapted to be made of asmgle piece of sheet metal and thereby suitable for economical quantity production. i

The various objects of my invention will be clear from the description which follows, and from the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a rear elevatlonal view of a socket slide embodying my invention and provlded with spaced resilient fingers.

Fig. 2 is a section of the same, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevational view of another form of my new socket slide showing incl ned prongs thereon, and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the same, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In that practical embodiment of my invention whichI have illustrated by way of example, I have shown fastener slides designed to be formed entirely of a single piece of sheet metal. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the slide member 200 is provided with the spaced transverse slots 41 and 42. One of the edgesof each of said slots may have suitable prongs as 201 projecting therefrom in the proper position to engage a belt or strap passed through the slots '41 and 42.

It will be understood, however, that the prongs illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive may be entirely omitted to provide straight edges on the sides of the respective slots 41 and 42 or that prongs may be otherwise arranged as is shown, for example, in my prior Patent No. 1,828,256, dated October th, 1931.

' Between said slots, and preferably centrally of the slide member and on the substantially fiat portion thereof, the material of the '204. The cuts may be of any suitable shape,

guard 203 serves the purpose not only of sl1de member is pressed laterally outwardly to form the socket guard 203. I Said guard comprises the substantially rigid, continuous outstanding wall 204, and the apertured wall 205 bent inwardly therefrom and provided with the aperture 206.

I prefer, as shown, to form the resilient socket from the material of the slide member 200, so that said socket is integral with the slide member. This I do by making a series of cuts in the slide member and bending inwardly the material between the cuts to form the resilient fingers 207, which overhangslightly inwardly theperipheral wall of the aperture 206, but which do not touch the wall but as shown, I have used a pair of parallel cuts 208 and 209 joined by'a third cut 210 joining the outerextremitiesof the parallel cuts 208 and 209 and substantially at right angles thereto. A series of such cuts 208, 209, and 210 may be made at spaced intervals in the slide member between the socket guard and the slots ,41, 42 and the edges of the slide member. The number ofsets of cuts in said series may be greatly varied, as will be readily understood. to form the desired number of resilient fingers 207. It will be noted from Fig. 1 that the cuts 211 and 212 extend up to the transverse slot 41, as illustrated, but this is not necessarily so sincethe lengths of the cuts need be only suflicient to form said fingers 207. The extremities 213 of said fingers are curved asshown in Fig. 2, upwardlyand' inwardly so as to separablyengage a stud passed through the opening 214 between said fingers and to resist the disengagement of said stud therefrom, the fingers yielding radially inwardly on the passage of the stud an insufficient amount to reach the wall 204.

, It will be understood that the greater the number of fingers 207,'theless needbe the width of the openings 215 formed in the slide member by the removal of'material between cuts to form said fingers. It will further be 9 understood that the fingers 207 are the proper I shape to snap into engagement with the neck of a stud passed either through the opening 206 or through the opening 214. The socket assisting to position the stud by means of the wall of the aperture 206 but also serves the additional function of protecting the resilient fingers 207 against damage and injury by accidental excessive pressure which may be put upon said fingers as for example, should the slide be dropped and should one accidentally step upon it. 7

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the one-piece slide 220 is provided with the transverse spaced slots 41 and 42 for the reception of a strap and'with suitable prongs as 221, if desired. Said prongs may be bent somewhat laterally of the slidemember, as illustrated in Fig. 4, or they may be entirely omitted, as may be the prongs 201 of Fig. 1. i

The combined stud and socket member 56 is pressed out laterally from the, central preferably fiat portion of the slide member 220 to provide an aperture 57 in said slide memher and to provide an outstanding continuous and substantially rigid wall 58 terminating in resilient fingers 59. Each of said fingers terminates in a free end in inwardly spaced relation to the wall and isbent to subtend an angle of less than 180, said fingers providing an aperture 60. The fingers are made resilient by means of the spaced slits or slots 61 and are free to yield radially outwardly without touching the wall 58. The fingers 59 at the end of said wall may resiliently engage a well known cooperating resilient or non-resilient stud passed through the apertime 60 or through the aperture 57, while the outermost surface 62 of said well 58 may engage any well known resilient or non-resilient socket.

A stud may be passed either through-the opening 57 of the slide member 220 or through the aperture 60. In either case, the resilient fingers 59 snap into engagement with the neck of the stud and resist withdrawal thereof. This constructionrforms a simple and effective resilient fastenerelementwhich may be used either as a socket or as a stud and a whole may be formed of a single piece of sheet material to provide a simple and'economical but eflicient fastener slide. a 1 7 It will be seen that I have provided simple and efficient means for securing a strap, that it can be economically produced in large quantities from a single piece of sheetmaterial, and that I have produced a structure well designed to meet the severe requirements of practical use.

' IVhile I have shown and described certain specific embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that I do not intend to limit myself thereto but intend to claim my invention as broadly as may be permitted by the state of the prior art and the scope of the appended claims.-

I claim: 1. A one-piece socket fastener slide having a flat plate portion provided with a pair of spaced rectangular transverse slots, a prong integral with and projecting longitudinally and laterally from an edge of at least one of said slots, a rigid unmutilated and continuous socket guard wall outstanding lati erally from and integral with the plate portion, where the wall joins said portion, spaced resilient fingers bent into arcuate form to sub tend an angle of less than 180 andintegral with one end ofthe guard wall and in inwardly spaced relation thereto to provide a stud-receiving opening, said fingers terof said openings in either direction and into engagement with the fingers.-

QQAsOcket fastener slide formed ofa single piece of sheet metal and comprising a plate portion having a pair of substantially rectangular transverse strap-receiving slots the'rein,'a prong integral with and project ing from'one edge of at least one of said slots, a guard wall'integralwith and outstanding laterally from the central part of the plate portion between the slots, said wall providing an opening at one end, and terminating at the other end in a series of spaced resilient fingers surrounding a second opening, those portions of the wall and of the plate port-ion adjacent the juncture of the wall and plate portion being continuous and unslotted to prevent yielding thereof under the pressure of a cooperating stud engaging the fingers,

said fingers being curved upwardly toward the first-mentioned opening of said wall and inwardly toward said wall-through an angle of less than 180 and having free ends spaced inwardly from the wall a sufficient distance to yield towardbut not to contact with the wall under the pressure of a cooperating stud A passed through either of said openings, and

said first-mentioned opening being of greater 7 diameter than that of the second opening. 7 3. A socket fastener slide formed of a sin gle piece of sheet metal and comprising a plate portion having a pair of spaced substantially rectangular transverse slots therein, an integral laterally bent prong projecting into at least one of said slots, a guard wall pressed laterally from the material of the plate portion between the slots. and providing an opening at one end of the wall, said wall terminating. at the other end in spaced resilient fingers of less height thanthat of said wall and surrounding an opening, said fingers being bent toward the first-mentioned opening of the wall and inwardly toward the wall through an angle of less than 180 and having free ends below and close to the upper extremity of said opening and spaced inwardly from said wall whereby said fingers are adapted to engage a stud passed through either of said openings, the first-mentioned opening being larger than the other, and said fingiers being concave toward the axis of said wal 4. A one piece socket fastener slide comprising a plate portion having a pair of spaced transverse slots therein, a rigid cylindrical guard wall pressed laterally from the material of the plate portion between the slots and resilient fingers formed from the material of the plate portion outside of the wall and bent inside of the wall and of less height than that of said wall.

5. A one piece socket fastener slide having strap-receiving slots therein, and having radial openings therein formed by a series of meeting cuts made in the slide, an integral guard wall outstanding laterally from the slide, and resilient fingers bent from the material of the slide between said cuts at the inner ends of said cuts into arcuate form to subtend each an angle of less than 180, the material from the outer ends of said cuts being inwardly bent to points inside of said wall, and said fingers being adapted to yield outwardly and independently of said wall on the direct engagement of a stud therewith.

6. A one piece socket fastener slide provided with a plate portion having spaced transverse slots therein, a prong bent upwardly from the plate portion and on the inner edge of at least one of said slots, a rigid cylindrical wall pressed downwardly from the material of the plate portion between the slots and thereby providing an opening at the junction of the upper end of the wall with the plate portion, said upper end and said plate portion being unslotted and continuous to prevent yielding thereof under the pressure of a stud and resilient fingers integral with and bent inwardly and upwardly from the lower end of the wall and of less height than that of said wall, said fingers being spaced apart by slots therebetween and the operative portions of said fingers being in inwardly spaced relation to the wall and yieldable radially toward said wall, and providing an opening inside of the fingers for the passage of a stud and further providing an annular space between the wall and the operative portions of said fingers, said portions being concave toward the axis of the wall.

7. A one piece socket slide comprising a plate portion having a pair of substantially rectangular spaced transverse slots therein, a guard wall pressed laterally in one direction from the material of the plate portion between the slots said wall being unslotted at the juncture thereof with the plate portion, the plate portion adjacent the wall being also unslotted, continuous and unyielding, and stud-engaging fingers bent inwardly from the outer end of the wall and in the other direction, and'arranged substantially concentrically within the guard wall and provided with spaced slits to render said inner fingers resilient, said fingers terminating in free ends spaced from the guard wall and yieldable radially toward said wall on the engagement of a cooperating stud therewith but not contacting with the wall on said engagement, and said fingers being concave with respect to the axis of the wall.

8. A one-piece socket fastener slide having a plate portion provided with a substantially rectangular transverse strap-receiving slot near each end thereof, the length of each slot being slightly less than the greatest width of the plate portion, a prong bent laterally in one direction and projecting into said slot and integral with the plate portion, said prong being arranged symmetrically about the longitudinal center line of the slide, a wall pressed laterally in the other direction from the material of the plate portion between the slots and substantially perpendicular to the plate portion, said wall being joined at one of its ends to the plate portion by an integral, annular, unmutilated, continuous and rigid fillet surrounding a central opening in said plate portion at said end of the wall and rigidly connecting the wall about its entire end to the plate portion, and resilient fingers at the other end of the wall. of less height than that of the wall and bent toward said wall and toward said central opening, said fingers terminating in free ends below the plate portion, and "in sufficient inwardly spaced relation to the inner surface of the Wall to yield toward but not to con-' tact with the wall on the insertion into engagement with the fingers of a cooperating stud, said fingers being separated by spaced slots, and surrounding an opening at said other end of the wall and presenting inwardly concave intermediate portions thereof in said last-mentioned opening for snapping engagement and disengagement with a stud inserted axially into either of said openings,

said fingers being bent inwardly to subtend I an angle of less than 180 DANIEL I. REITEB. 

